List of American public address announcers
This is a list of notable American public address announcers.
Baseball
[edit]Major League Baseball - Current Public Address Announcers
- Dan Baker – Philadelphia Phillies
- Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball
- Marysol Castro – First Woman Announcer for New York Mets, First Latina Woman Announcer in Major League Baseball
- Bob Ford – Houston Astros, University of Houston football championship, and Chicago PBS WTTW
- Tom Hutyler – Seattle Mariners
- Paul Olden – New York Yankees
Major League Baseball - Former Public Address Announcers
- Alex Anthony – New York Jets and New York Mets
- Pete Arbogast – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Rex Barney – Baltimore Orioles
- Carl Beane – Boston Red Sox
- Renel Brooks-Moon – San Francisco Giants
- Charlie Brotman – U.S. presidential inauguration parades, Washington Senators, Washington Nationals
- Frederick William Burns – Earliest known announcer dating to 1884, New York Giants, Track and Field, Bicycle Racing, Automobile Racing, Boxing, Rowing
- Dick Callahan – Oakland Athletics, and Saint Mary's College of California
- Bob Casey – Minnesota Twins
- J. Fred Duckett – Houston Astros
- Sherm Feller – Boston Red Sox
- Paul Friedman – Chicago Cubs
- Halsey Hall – Minnesota Twins
- Jim Hall – New York Giants football team, New York Yankees
- Sherman Maxwell - known as "Jocko". 1st Sports Commentator of color. Also, PA announcer for the Newark Eagles of Negro league baseball.
- Wayne Messmer – Chicago Cubs
- Joel Meyers – St. Louis Cardinals
- Nick Nickson – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Pat Pieper – Chicago Cubs
- John Ramsey – Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Angels, USC Trojans
- Bob Sheppard – New York Yankees, New York Giants
- Sherry Davis - San Francisco Giants - 1st Full Time Female Public Address Announcer in Professional Baseball History. 1993-2000
Basketball
[edit]National Basketball Association
- Michael Baiamonte – Miami Heat
- Patrick K Doughty (Big Pat) – Charlotte Hornets
- Andy Jick – Boston Celtics, Boston College
- Herbie Kuhn- Toronto Raptors
- John Mason – Detroit Pistons
- Mark Mason – Portland Trail Blazers
- Scott Moak - Sacramento Kings
- Eddie Palladino – Boston Celtics
- Matt Pitman - Golden State Warriors
- Paul Porter – Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Dan Roberts – Utah Jazz
- Olivier Sedra – Brooklyn Nets[1]
- Tim Sinclair – Chicago Bulls
- Lawrence Tanter – Los Angeles Lakers[2]
- Mike Walczewski – New York Knicks
Other Basketball Announcers
- Ray Clay – Chicago Sky
- Frank Fallon – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
Boxing/Wrestling
[edit]- Michael Buffer – Boxing
- Tony Chimel – World Wrestling Entertainment
- David Diamante – boxing[3]
- Howard Finkel – World Wrestling Entertainment
- Lilian Garcia – World Wrestling Entertainment
- Joe Humphreys – Boxing, member of the Boxing Hall of Fame
- Jimmy Lennon, Jr. – boxing
- Justin Roberts – All Elite Wrestling, formerly of World Wrestling Entertainment
Football
[edit]National Football League
- Chico Renfroe - 1st Known African-American PA Announcer in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, late 1970s[4]
Other Football Announcers
- Kate Scott - 1st Female to Announce NCAA Division I-A (FBS) Football Game with the Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Horse racing
[edit]- Chic Anderson – horse racing (best known for work at Belmont Park)
- Tom Durkin – horse racing
- Phil Georgeff – horse racing
- Dave Johnson – horse racing
Ice Hockey
[edit]National Hockey League
- Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
- Lou Nolan – Philadelphia Flyers
- Mike Ross – Toronto Maple Leafs
- Wes Johnson – Washington Capitals
- Alan Roach - Colorado Avalanche
- Paul Porter- Tampa Bay Lightning Orlando Magic
- Joe Tolleson - New York Rangers
Mixed
[edit]- Tom Carnegie – Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana high school basketball
- Marty Glickman – (sports announcer)
- Bob Jenkins - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Alan Roach – Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota Vikings, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, NFL International Series, Olympic Hockey, Olympic Boxing, former PA Announcer of the Denver Broncos
- Jeff Shreve – Cleveland Browns – University of Akron, Canton Charge, Mid-American Conference
- Don Wadewitz - Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers, UW-Whitewater Warhawks
References
[edit]- ^ "Brooklyn Nets Name Olivier Sedra as Public Address Announcer". NBA.com.
- ^ "Broadcasting Live: Lawrence Tanter – Basketball and All That Jazz". NBA.com.
- ^ "He said, "Brooklyn Ball!!" - NetsDaily". 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Othello "Chico" Renfroe". The Booker T. Washington High School Oral History Project. March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2024.